Thursday, July 31, 2014

Observations from Lakewood, N.J.

A Monday night game sold very well with Gaylord Perry in the house to throw out the first pitch and sign autographs.

Retired jerseys: Ryan Howard (29) and Cole Hamels (19)

The
mascot is not any sort of creature with claws, as we'd expected (but
which might have scared kids), but a critter named Buster who is not
any particular sort of animal, just like the major league club's
Philie Phanatic.